The Asian Community Trust (ACT) aims to build a “Bridge of Mutual Help and Resource Sharing” in civil societies across Asia. To pursue this aim, ACT assists projects developed by local people’s groups, NGOs and other civil society organizations with the purpose of improving people’s quality of life in their own communities and sharing their successes with others.
| Application documents (Right click and choose “Save target as” to download.) |
| ・ACT Grant Guidelines FY2025 (Education & Youth Development)[PDF] ・ACT Application Format FY2025 (Education & Youth Development) [WORD] ・ACT Budget Form FY2025 (Education & Youth Development) [EXCEL] |
Project criteria
For the fiscal year 2025, ACT is calling of project proposals to which any of the following conditions apply:
| Area of focus |
Please note that ACT will accept only one project proposal from the same organization. If you apply in other project categories of ACT (either of the following categories), you will not be able to apply in this category. |
| Countries of focus | ACT will focus on the following countries: Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines |
| Project costs | From 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 Japanese Yen per year and per project |
| Duration of ACT grant | Up to three (3) years, depending on the nature of the project. Continuation of funding is based on the results of its performance upon evaluation. |
Deadline for Application
January 24, 2025 (Friday, Japan time)
Interested parties are requested to send their project proposals directly to the Tokyo ACT Office by email by 23:59 of January 24th, 2025 (Friday), Japan time.
Please send your proposals to:
The Asian Community Trust
The Executive Secretariat
c/o Asian Community Center 21 (ACC21)
ABK Bldg., 1F., 2-12-13 Honkomagome Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 113-8642
Tel: 81-3-3945-2615 Fax: 81-3-3945-2692
E-mail: act-grants [at] acc21.org
